Comments on: Inquisitor 1220: Rules for 27 by Raich http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/21/inquisitor-1220-rules-for-27-by-raich/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Raich http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/21/inquisitor-1220-rules-for-27-by-raich/#comment-188207 Raich Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:06:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41614#comment-188207 Many thanks, HolyGhost, for the excellent blog and thanks, Hi, for the comment. Yes, I am pleased to say that the puzzle was well received, and, while it was relatively easy in Inquisitor terms, I think, no one said it was TOO easy. Yes, placing Maastricht and Lisbon separately in the across and down clues was intentional. Also, to be fair to the solver, in all the clues where letters had to be removed, the grid entry was at least six letters long – as is very clear from the blog in the format it is set out in.

Raich cannot share the disappointment about the Liverpool defeat referred to in a match he attended on the very day the puzzle appeared. He was hoping also to upset the prospect of the Merseyside FA Cup Semi also referred to, but, that, alas, was not to be, esp disappointing after getting out of Goodison Park with a draw in the first match.

]]> By: Hi of hihoba http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/21/inquisitor-1220-rules-for-27-by-raich/#comment-187456 Hi of hihoba Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:27:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41614#comment-187456 I had a very similar experience. I had entered AMSTERDAM on the grounds of the two Ms and then found AA at the start of the omitted letters. I tried to find where I had gone wrong in these two clues, but then twigged Maastricht and remembered the significance of 27 and that was pretty much it. Nice one Raich.

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